Video of a 21-year-old bungee jumper being tossed off a bridge with no cord shows the rope clearly coiled on the ground — forgotten by the men who threw her to her death.
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And nobody said a word until it was too late.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was obviously not attached to her swing rope before the guides threw her off a 130-foot abandoned railway span known as “Skeleton Bridge” on Saturday in Limeira, São Paulo, multiple clips reveal.
The rope in question was still sitting in a heap just under the feet of the three guides — who claimed they had no idea the woman wasn’t clipped in, according to local outlet G1.
“Guys, the rope!” a witness soon shouted as bystanders — including de Freitas’ fiancé — looked on in horror.
A gruesome video shows de Freitas slamming on the ground below the bridge as watchers gasp and scream.
The guides continued to stand around, seeming almost nonchalant, another video showed.
Two of the guides ditched the dying woman and fled into the woods, but a nurse — who was waiting to take her own jump — rushed to the ground and tried to save de Fritas’ life, G1 reported.
Rayza Gabrieli Dias Delfino, 26, found de Fritas with a faint pulse and tried to resuscitate her, the woman told police.
Rescue workers eventually arrived and attempted to revive her with a defibrillator, as well, but she died at the scene.
All three guides were arrested charged with homicide, G1 reported.
“It was a team there that wasn’t regulated, they didn’t even have authorization to be there,” police spokeswoman Andrea Dantas Levy told the outlet.
De Freitas had posted about her upcoming swing adventure hours before her death.
“Who was the crazy person who let me jump off a bridge???” she said in a chilling final Instagram post.
The guidesin charge of her death jump were tracked down by a military helicopter to a nearby wooded area, the report said.
Two of the primary suspects said they had a “blackout” and didn’t remember attaching the rope, Levy told O Globo.
“They said they can’t remember where and when the fault occurred, who would have to have put it, and didn’t. The third, who held [her] legs, said he was only called in to help with the throw,” Levy said.
Before she was hurled to her death, de Freitas was seen carrying a 360-degree camera, which the unlicensed bungee jumping company provided for an extra $30 on top of the $36 for the jump.
